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OGDEN -- Police are looking for two armed men who tied up four employees and robbed an Ogden massage parlor Friday night.
Police say the suspects set up appointments for massages at Reiki Bodyworks at 3565 Lincoln Street. When they showed up around 10:20 p.m., they brought guns.
"They came in through the front door," said Rieki Bodyworks owner Aney Allen.
The men proceeded to tie up three workers and a client with duct tape. "They had the pistol up to her head. I guess they threw her against the wall," Allen said.
The men took money and personal items and threatened to kill the victims if they called police.
Ogden police are now looking for the two men while trying to figure out what happened. Officers arrived within minutes of getting the call.
"When we got there, the victims, all four of them, were leaving the business in a vehicle and we stopped them thinking they might be the suspects," said Ogden police Lt. Mike Ashment.
They are not going to take my money away from me, my job. This is me and my family's lifeline. It's just sad that they came in here and put that black cloud over our energy.
–Aney Allen
Allen says her workers are nervous because the robbers took their purses -- which held their drivers licenses. The victims are worried the suspects will know where they live.
Allen says though her business is a place where people can come to relax, she's having a hard time relaxing after the robbery.
"I was just trying to make something legal for us to be able to do to make money so we don't have to be on welfare, so we don't have to beg or borrow, you know?" she said.
But Allen says she won't let this incident scare her into permanently closing her shop.
"They are not going to take my money away from me, my job," she said. "This is me and my family's lifeline. It's just sad that they came in here and put that black cloud over our energy."
None of the victims were physically hurt during the robbery. Allen says she may close temporarily to find more workers and fix the damage the robbers left behind.
E-mail: acabrero@ksl.com
